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Earliest Surviving Photograph
by Nicephore Niepce -
Dom Pedro ll
by Joaquim Insley Pacheco a Portuguese photographer set out to photograph the civilizing influence of man upon the land. Dom Pedro ll the first native born ruler of Brazil. -
Boulevard du Temple
First photograph including a person by Daguerro using a photography method known today as Daguerroetype. -
Stereoscopic Images
Many photographers used a special camera which aided in the photographs appearing more realistic. This camera had a twin lens produced two side-by-side images called a stereoview that gives the 3D effects. -
The Calotype
Another photographic method created by Henry Fox Talbot. He did not publicly announce his photograph until 1839, after Daguerre, despite the photograph being taken in 1835. -
Opium Wars
were two wars involving Great Qing and British Government when they imposed on the trade of opium, resulting in the unstableness of the China's economy for almost a century. -
The Open Door
A photograph which was part of the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published by Henry Fox Talbot. -
Photographs of British Algae
The first installment of cyanotype impressions, considered the first photographic book by Anna Atkins -
Portrait of abolitionist, John Brown
A daguerreotype by Agustus Washington, a son of a slave. -
Taiping Rebellion
Also known as the civil war or rebellion that occurred until 1864 between Manchu-led Quig dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom -
The Valley of the Shadow of the Valley of Death
By Roger Fenton. Probably one of the most well known photographs of the Crimea War. This photograph was taken twice and the second time it was thought that the scene was altered by adding more cannonballs. -
The Two Ways of Life
By Oscar Rejlander a combination printing composed of over 30 negatives. Most well known for this tableaux vivant. This took him about 6 weeks to make. -
Fading Away
By Henry Peach Robinson this photograph was inspired by Rejlander and his collage of 30 negatives. The public was very bothered by the fact that this photograph was depicting a young dying woman. Later it was established that this scene was staged. -
The Dead After the battle of Melegnano
One of the first photographs taken of deceased after the battle of Melegnano -
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
By Mathew Brady, known as the best civil war photographer even though he took only a few photographs himself. He would hire operators to work for him such as Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan. -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle fought in the American Civil War with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.Fought between the confederate general and the union general. -
Arial Photography
Nadar, a French photographer, started arial photography. He carried a complete darkroom in the hot air balloon! He made the first arial photographs of Paris. -
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Chapter 8: Joy, High spirits, Love, Tender feelings, Devotion by Oscar Rejlander for Charles Darwin for scientific purposes. -
First Photographic Color Print
by Louis Ducos du Hauron -
Slavery in Brazil
by Marc Ferrez. Brazil was the last place in the Americas to abolish slavery, it didn't happen till 1888, compared to 1863 in the United States. Due to them abolishing it so late, Brazil may have the largest slavery photography archive in the world. -
Partial Panorama of Rio
By Marc Ferrez. Rio was the capital of photography during the Empire and the first decades of the Republic. This contributed a lot to the mapping of Brazil -
Ebony and Ivory
by F. Holland Day, and American photographer was known for his soft focus pictoralistic photographs. He used this technique to make his nude subject more refined and less explicit. -
Second Sino-Japanese War
also known as Chino-Japanese War. Lasted till September 2, 1945. Largest Asian war in the 20th century. Lined up with WWll. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing the US formally entered WWll
